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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
Bsnalo Bin in England.

Buffalo Bill, in going to England,
deviated from the usue' custom OF less
illustrious travellers. instead Of put
ting himself at once into the hands OF
London's tailor, Poole, Is soon IS he
arrived, he chose to supply himself
with = liberal outfit in America, and he
landed on the other side with any
amount Of "store clothes" One suit,
in which he intends TO pay his respects
TO the Queen, - Of dark gray; another,
in which be will appear ct the Queens
jubilee Is Nebraska's representative, is
two shades Of blue, while : gorgeous
hunting costume, which, perhaps, WI
be seem in Windsor forest consists Of
blue corduroy jacket, gray corduroy
trousers, and scarlet and brown waist
coak-New York Sun.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

We lstely wrote . book which he's
been most favorably received, called,
"How 10 Be Happy, Though Married."
but NJ think that quite ~ much might
BE- sid on the possibility Of single
blessednesa Thousands Of women,
and even men, cannot marry for one
reason or another. Let Thorn cultivate
the Contentod state Of mind Of that old
Scotch lady who said, II wadna gle my
single LIE Tor = the double anes / ever
INV"
People mxy admire the marriage
state, and yet have their own good rea-
som for not entering il. Under the
dying pillow Of Washington Irving
there was found . lock Of hair and q
miniature. Who will say that q man
or woman ought to marry who treasures
up such memorials, and thinks OF all
that might have been?
Impecuniosity il another reason for
denying ones self the luxury Of a wife.
A mistake may, OF course, be made a.
to the amount Of money necessary for
marriage. There are those who could
drive . coach-and-two, but waiting for
. coach-and-four, they are carried into
the desolation Of confirmed bachelor
ism. That man, however, is much to be
pitied who leads q pure life and whose
II can't adord il" il nc mere excuse. Let
him continue TO work and economizc,
and before very long he will have
"A Guardian angel DER his life presiding.
Doubling his pleasures. and his cares dividing
To this angel he should be true in
anticipation, remembering how Cor
nella, mother OF the Gracchi, advised
her unmarried sons TO keep themselves
pure. 30 that all the blessings OF a vir-
tnons home might n day he theirs.
What is n mans meat may be an
others mans poison. TO some persons
we might say, IF you marry you do
well, but If you marry not you do
better" In tho case of others mar
riage may have decidedly the advantage.
Like most other things, marriage is
good or bad according TO the use or
abuse we make OF it. The applause
that is usually given to persons on en-
tering the matrimonial stage is, to say
the least, premature. Let us wait to
see how they play their parts.
And here we must protest against the
foolish and cowardly ridicule that is
sometimes bestowed upon elderly men
and women who. using the liberty of a
free country. have abstained from
marrying. Certainly some of them
could give reasons for spending
their lives outside the temple of Hymen
that are far more honorable than the
motives which induced their fool-de-
tractors to rush in. Some have never
found their other selves, or circum-
stances prevented the junction OF these
selves. And which is more honorable,
. life OF loneliness or q loveless mar
riage? There are others who have
laid down their hopes of welded bliss
for the sake OF accomplishing some
good work, or for the sake Of q father,
mother. sister, or brother. In such
cases celibacy is an honorable, and may
be q pr~aiseworthy state. - Casselps
Magaxiue.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
A Wonderful Freak Of Nature

Ia sometimes exhibited in our public exhioi-
hons. When we gaze upon some OF the pescu-
liar freaks Dame Nature occasionally indulges
in. our minds revert back to the creation OF
man, who is so f~carfuliy and wonderfully
made y The mysteries Of his nature have been
unrayeled BY DR.. r. v. Pierce, Of Buffalo, and
through his knowledge Of those mysteries he
has been able to prepare his Golden Medical
Discovery" which IL q specific for all blood
taints. poisons, and humors, such as scrofula,
pimples, blotches, eruptons, sweliings, tu-
mrs, ulcers, and kindred affections. by drug
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

A ball entered one temple of a child in
Mexico, rs recorded by DR.. Blaquiere, and
came out the other. The child lived TWEEN
ty-six days after the accident and retained
the entire control of its intellectual facu'-
ties. The memory and judgm mt were not
in the least impaired. The ball passed
through the anterior and superior region of
the two he~mispheres of the cerebrum, and
the child died on TIE 9th day of cerebral
inflammation. M. Blaquiere considers
this case to be fatal to chronological doc
trines, as the seat of several important
chronological faculties was destroyed, and
yet no functional lesion whatever Of the
brain was observed" The Lancet, Lon
don, November 10th. 1884, p. 2l6.-Dr.
Foote's Hed TN Monthly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
Tommy Knew.

Mother-"Tommy, how are you coming
on at SCHOOL,"
Tommy--"First rate, ma"
Mention the names of some of the do
mestic animals
"The horse, the dog, the pig"
Mention some more, Tommy"
The goose, the hen, and the duck"
yes. l was thinking of four. legged ami
mails. What animal is that which lives
mostly in the house, but which often
makes a dreadful noise SO that people can
not sleep?"
-Four legged annimal?"
Yes"
Don't let people sleep?"
yes"
Tommy (triumphantlyl-"Th e piano.
Terus .Sifiinls.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
A Horse Knows What's What.

1t is said tho race horses in the East get to
love Moxie as a bad rs the women, and driak
it with the greatest avidity. The cattle prefer
it to anything else where it grows. 1t il now
estimated that one half the moderate drink RS
and inebriates of New England are drinking
only Moxie Nerve Food. If so, God be prai-el!
It did not come any too soon. LIS sale il RAID
10 exceed anything ever put upon the market
Tho age of swIlIing drugs and stimnlants is
getting a set back by the extract of the little
fodder plant "Moxie," which now seems TO be
coming the next thing to the family physician
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
Some Old Sunday Customs.

In Connecticut, perhaps more than
anywhere else, Sunday was q sort of
popular idol, nor did the rigor of it's
observance abate perceptibly until long
after the Revolution. This extreme
scrupulosity about Sabbath-keeping was
doubtless the moving cause Of the
building Of the "Sabbath-day houses"
these were little shanties standing on
the Westinghouse green, each intended
TO accommodate . family during the in
terval between the two services. Some
Sabbath-day houses we're built with .
stall st one end to shelter the horse,
while the family took refuge in the
other, where there was 9 chimney and q
meager furniture Of rude seats and q
table. Here on arrival before the first
service the owners lighted q fire and
deposited q luncheon, and to this camp
like place they came back to eat their
doughnuts and thaw themselves out
after their first long sitting in the arctic
climate Of the meeting house. Some
times two families had o Sabbath-day
house together: sometimes there were
two rooms in a Sabbath-day house that
the might sit apart--for nothing
SO agreeable as social between
boys and girls Was permitted during the
consecrated time. But some parishes
in Massachusetts,, and perhaps else
where, had q common "noon-house" for
oil Corners to rest in. Fireside assem-
blsges on Sunday, whether in the par
sonage or the noon-house, were in dan
ger OF proving delightful to those who
we're prone to enjoy the society of other
human beings, and hence the pastors
"were put upon their best c~ontrivances,"
TO have most Of the interval between
the services filed up with the reading
aloud Of edifying books and other exer-
cises calculated to keep the mind in a
becomingly irksome frame. The Gen.
fas~xs
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
Dsvn's Den.

General H. J.. Hunt thus gives hin expe.
renee in Devils Den on the second day OF
the Gettysburg light:
Smithss position q Devils Den RAve him
. favorable obliqus nre. ana . - did not
reply Lproossded 70 the Den. Findinf tns
aeclivi0 steep and rocky ! dismounssd ena
waller. ~ aloae-an Mt infseq0sue and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

John A. Martin was born March 10, 1889,
at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsyl-
vania. While a mere lad he learned the
trade of printing in the office of the
Brownsville Clipper. In the spring of
1857 he ven to Pittsburgh and worked at
his trade a short time. In October of the
same year he emigrated 10 Kansas, and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
$500 Not Called For.

1t seems strange that II is necessary TO per
suade men that you can cure their diseases by
Offering a premium to the man who fails to
receive benefit And yet DR., Sage nndoubtcd-
ly cured thousands Of cases of obstinate
catarrh with his "CatarrhR Remedy" who would
never have applied to him If il had not been
for his offer Of the above sum for an Incurable
case. Who is the next bidder for cure or cash?
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

Dumley Ito young Featlelly, faultlessly
arrayed in spring SUIT and yellow satin
neck-tie with black polka-dois)-'You
don't look as though you had drank much
yesterday. Featherly."
FeatherIy-''I didn't drink drop yester-
day."
Dumley-"When did you buy that neck
tie?"
Fea,herly-"Last night"
Dumley very much astonished)-"You
don't mean to say that you bought that
neck-tie while sober?"-Ner York San.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
war "REMINISCENCES.
on Seldlas 1shearsing The stirring
Gesnss Through which 1Aeg
Passed.
Anecdotes u tho Battle FIeld, the
Campfire, and tho Merry
March.
Memorial.


Draw near, with measured step draw near,
Oh, Lieerty~-thy sons lie herel
Come closer now, and softly tread
We re with Our loved and honored dead.
ComrAdcs-busband, father, sonl
hwcetly resting marching done,
Proudly resting laurela won!
Twtncd for aye around each head.
Other comrades Of those years
Bcstow with us loves u ibute-tears,
And unfurl close by YOU side
Tho nag YOU followed e'er with pride:
And on which your closing eyes
Looked their lost meath southern skies;
And which to-day triumphant files
Because our loved ones fought aud died.
Der ali the fair and blessed North,
Where now the quicken'd year springs forth
And sunny South. whore proudly waves
Tho stars and stripes, are 8 ,ldiers' graves
And eacu sacred resting place,
Tho IL be lost to mortal trace,
God remembers in His grace;
His love our loved ones safely saves.
From out our homes, In years agone,
Father, husband, lover. son
Proudly went. mid prayers and tears,
Followed by loves hopes and fears,
Faithful 10 their country's call;
Went TO conquer, or to fall
Though the triumph meant . palli
Valiant hearts In perils years.
OH the hardships underwent
In march, in field, In pit, In tent;
Tired, hungry. fo~otsore-sick,
They faltered not at double quick
Yeai and though the bayonet
With their life was warm and wet
A. they felI-Itwas bravely met
Mid the crimson carnage thickl
Pinioned there In heat and dust.
Breathing broken prayers Of trust,
Giving loved ones ell to God,
They dyed with life-blood all the o
Out across the soldiers life
Without mother. sister. wife;
Went they from the CORY strife,
And our " we're but q clodl
IN and on the battle swept.
And the weary soldiers slept,
With the blood stained fingers cold
Grasping letters, worn and old;
Clasping all they had OF home,
To which, now. they ne'er would come.
And hear the welcome Of their own;
b 10 tho story war has told.
Well they've kept their country's trust.
Buried love. and honored dust!
They had counted all the cost
They, our loved, but not our lost;
Who're the spring and summer meet.
Bring We offerings. fair and sweet,
Thoughts OF God--He loved you mosti
Oh, valiant dead | once more We come
To beautify you peaceful home
ie who cannot come to ours
We bring you love, and tears, and flowers
We strew b flowers DER Blue and Gray;
Together. cross and crown We lay,
On Northern hills. in Southern bowersi
Chicago Ledger.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

A Baltimore Police Officer, 30 years on
the force, Mr.. Henry II. Durkee, says: II
suffered with poison oak for more than n
year. tried 81. Jacobs Oil; after the Sec
ond appl cation all the sores dried up and
l was cured. l think it invaluable"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
Following the Good Old Rnle.

The Russians in Afghanistan have made
another compromise with the English 10y
taking what they wanted.--New YORK.
World.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

JOHN BULL will never be able to know
how to win the good opinion of this coun-
try until he takes a New York editor into
his cabinet and makes a Boston man
Viceroy of Ireland.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
A Bonanza Mine

OF health is to be found in DR.. n, v. Pierce's
sFayorite Prescription, " to the merits OF which,
AS a remedy for female weakness and kindred
aNaetjons thousands testify.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

Mr.. John Gutmon, Sherman, KY, writes:
II have used st. Jacobs OIL for ten years.
1t always cured the tooth ache in about ten
minutes" Sold by Druggists and Dealers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

In base ball the pitcher dro ps the batter
ON the home plate, and the winners take
the cake Whitehall Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

YALE will nave a new laboratory to cost
SIS, 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

Con. l~NGERsOLL is presenting the OLD
question, "Who was Gains wlfe?" 1t
has gone far enough. Suppose, for the
sake of peace, We compromise ON DIR.
Mary Walker?
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
Russell A. r

Russell A. Alger was born in Ohio, Feb.
a, 1886. His parents died when he was
eleven years old, and for the next seven
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08
MLIDEN'S WOES.



&HN WINS
5kNsMAn4AAlAv ~ uOAIJe
---
M Ss ~ -
Rss @a
MNyoatnas O. ~ IAksck 0snevs. and
Il e4asng = - saoses ny EYES on the
1910 pscepeee before me. 2 ~
Sse4191se ~ ewny y Z sad, sd pAst.
- y croesln9 The 9leam Of moon
4lGAa hit stlvefs the npplsa TINT stretch
~ avsy into distance. and from Y I hear =
- Gtssfsh vctce SINGING On English song,
~ aeAembes, ! remember.'
- voace has . faint resemblance 70 q
lgn9 huehed. An . y recalls 10 me all
t1a& j eoob seao1nbsrl The sccnes OF my
- 0pae Through my mental vision, and
~ - vhae ! $780,
Anoeher summer evening" painfully like
- Rsssena. ~ here the sun ~ pet ON an
= lve as..ss De- sand q : r.siic gate.
laiaaly q ) voice that has grown strangely
asear y ~.
r ssys. mildred, my darling. tonight !
ctaim ycar promise. The only barrier,
Yo9f faehss, thae has svsf stood between us
y - nCse, 2 . y my night q my hap.
plness g take you % my honle-you ? a
tcndly-loved wife, and little Lena as dear
etseef. then nothing but death can ever
nepafaeo % amtnl"
And Maurice DeiGnvtlIe has passed his
azm round mo, and ! know that never AGain
can ! feel ths bitter icnelincssthat has been
Mt1e stnoe my fathers death lett little Lena
- No orphans, thrown almost penniless
~ - cold mercy o. the world, n the love
snns e.. % long been mine Will shelter us
kpnA All hnP~ ss
~ lhe stars ateal one BY . into the
snmmer sky, and the nightingale's sweet
noee comes softly On the air. ! know We
nues part for > lev hours; and 10, with
tcnd psomises and sweetest words linger-
~ - Dy ears ! turn TO go.
Wfat y thae slight sound thas suddenly
otUpe = sends me back TO Maurtco's side
a4otnf a faint. low sob It seems 70 iae,
qua1o cloes p where We stood, Ind then q
e0und Of fooosteps softly treading ON the
Grssss. :.
.looki-oh, look, Maurice! What can it
~.
~NolAing-ncehing, dsar little love! You
- nsrvess 9 fancilul. hasten U, my
da.iinsl Again God night! good night.
AStef t1ta, tho days pass rapidly. gladly;
aQd the day draws neal which will mako
- 4aurtos D~eiRnvtlle's wife. Happy.
dAiiy S1Dwi1e larger ii my liEs's cloudlsss
ehys stetsr. dear Lens, hitherto my
seqeeant e0mpAntcn and deareat friend.
seems - eaSe ~ ~ ~ longer. For
hctgs ~ soams Through the woods and
htf 1etarnin2 5atef and iatsr each day.
VNinly I expcseulaee, and try, BY evefy
noane ~ ny power, 70 win her beck TO me;
but ~ words, kind and gently q ! try to
nahs thsn. seem bat 70 irritase her, and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

PIsn'S Remedy for Citarrit Is agreeable to
use. 1t is not Il liquid or a snul. 800.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

e5c. buys a pair of Lyons Patent Heel
Stitfeners, which makes a boot or shoe last
twice as long.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

INTERSTATE BILL is the most unpopular
fellow in the country.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

CORNELL University is to have q school
of pharmacy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-08

Draw near, with measured step draw near
Oh, Liherty--thy SOM lie herei
Come closer now, and softly tread
Wore with our loved and honored dead.
Comradcs-busband, father, sonl
hwcetly resting marching done,
Proudly resting -laurels won!
Twincd for aye around zach head.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-10

IN ANOTHER cOiumR VIII be found
the program for the meeting Of the
Central Kansas Tea chers' Association
at this city on the oath to 26th of this
month. Our people should bear in
mind the dates. and prepare welcome
to our visitors fsOn abroad. y favor
able impression made upon Che class of
people who will be here in attendance
at the meeting will be well worth any
effort we may make. Our educational
system is one of the foundation stones of
Kansas prosperity and the community
which puts forth its best efforts to at
tain to the highest educational round
will not fail to draw the better class of
people into its borders.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-10
Modern Wisdom.

Nothing shows greater abjectness of
spirit that naughty demeanor toward
interiors.
Many men claim to be firm in their
principles when really they are only
obstinate in their prejudices.
Ingratitude is, of all crimes, what
in ourselves we account the most ven
ial-in others the most upardonable.
a moderate understanding, with
dilligent and we'll directed application,
vii! go much farther than a more lively
genius attended with that impatience
and inattention which too often ac-
company quick parts.
Though years bring with them wis
dom, yet there Is one lesson the aged
seldom learn, namely, the manage
ment of youthful feelings. Age is
all head, youth all heart; age reasons,
youth is under the dominion of hope.
A pair of bright eyes with a dozen
glanCeS Suthces to subdue man, and
to enslave him, and to infame, TO
make him even forget; they dazzle
him so that the past becomes straight
way dim to him; and he so prizes
them that he would give all his life to
possess them.
it is no wonder if he who reads,
converses and meditates improves in
knowledge. By the first a man con-
verses with the dead, by the second
with the living, and by the third with
himself; So that he appropriatesl to
himself all the knowledge which can
be got from those who have lived anG
from those now alive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-10
Historical Society.

The Gfth biennial report Of the Kan
sas state historical society shows the
work of the society for the two years
ending January IS. 1887. The society
was then eleven years old. The pri-
mary object of the society is that Of col
lecting, arranging and cataloguing a
library Of the materials of Kansas his
tory, including books. pamphlets, maps,
pictures and in short everything which
contains information concerning and
going to illustrate the history of Kan
sas Incidentally has been the history
of Kansas with that of the hole cOun-
eral interest, it's library has come 10 lie
the recipient. largely by gift, Of not
only the materials Of the history. but of
everything of literary or Il
scientific character relating to all parts
of the country. There have been add
ed to the society's library during the
two years covered by this report: OF
bound volumes, , $50 unbound vol
umeS and pamphlets, lO,00S volumes
of newspapers and periodicals. 2,25i:
manuscripts, .627; and numerous pic
lures and miscellaneous contributions.
The total of the library in Janu-
ary last was, of bound volumes.
1925: unbound volumes. 2l ,103; bound
newspaper files and volumes of periOdi-
Gals, 1886 making the total of the Ii
brary 35;441. Its yearly accession Of
the files of local newspapers is no boubt
greater than that of any other library
in the country. The regular issues OF
all the local newspapers, daily and
weekly. published i'll every county III
Kansas are freely given the society by
the publishers, and are bound and
placed on the shelves of the library
Thus is being preserved the best ef al
materials of the history Of every town
and neighborhood in the state. The re-
port among other lists and tables, con-
tains a list of newspapers at the pres
ent time published in Kansas. viz: Z.
dailies, l. semi-weekiies. 722 weekiies
3S monthlies. l Semi-monthly. l bi-
monthly, 4quarterlies and 2OccasiOnalS
numbering S52 i'll all.
The library is the property of the
state. and is kept III the rooms Of the
state capitol for tle Use OF the people
The present officers of the society are
Hon. ID. w. Wilder. president; Mai. II
II. Williams and Hon I. y. McNeaI
vice presidents, Hon. John Francis
treasurer and Hon. F. G. Adams, secre-
tary. Its board of directors is com
posed of prominent citizens, widely dis
tibuted over the state.